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Best crush on an older man

“All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI—at this point he could play the Craiglist Killer and people would be like, ‘Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile!’”
—Mindy Kaling, in her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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Best retort

Tom: “We both know I deserve to get super laid for this.”Violet: “Do you want me to wear a cape or something?”
—from The Five-Year Engagement

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Best squee!!! moment

“You’ve lived your life and I’ve lived mine. Now it’s time we live them together.”
—Matthew, to Mary (finally!) onDownton Abbey

Best just-be-me mantra

“Colored contacts, liposuction, and implants/Somehow that don’t make much sense/I must be out of my head/ If I think, that I am governed by material things/So I decided I’m the definition of fly/And if you want to know why/I know what money can’t buy/Don’t go believing the hype/There’s no runway in the sky.”
—Elle Varner, in “So Fly”

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Best “Yep, it was that good” lyric

“If I’m butter, then he’s a hot knife.”
—Fiona Apple, in “Hot Knife”

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Best “Yep, it sucked that much” lyric

“Gravity hurts, you made it so sweet, ‘til I woke up on the concrete.”
—Katy Perry, in “Wide Awake”

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Best reality check for pretentious types

“What is wrong with you people? You’re all so cynical. You don’t smile, you smirk.”
—Megan, on Mad Men

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Best use of the word like, like, ever

“We are never ever ever getting back together. Like, ever.”
—Taylor Swift, in “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

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Best mama bear moment

“Have you heard about those mothers that lift one-ton trucks off their babies? They’re nothing compared to me.”
—Jamie, on Won’t Back Down

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Best way to avoid confrontation

“It was a supportive eye roll!”
—Jenna, on Awkward

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Best mantra to keep in mind on a Friday night

“Don’t change for a guy. Meet a guy and change him.”
—Jane, on Happy Endings

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Best “Say what?” moment

“He’s like so busy respecting me, you know, that he looks right past me and everything that I need from him.”
—Marnie, on GIRLS

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Best way to fake a posse

“I have plenty of friends I don’t like.”
—Dowager Countess, on Downton Abbey

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Best phrase that makes us oh-so-happy jeggings actually exist

“She’s like a dream, wrapped in a wish, poured into jeggings.”
—Manny, on Modern Family

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Best way to scare off a creeper at the bar

“Vodka tonic. Hold the tonic.”
—Emily Thorne, on Revenge

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Best capture of heartache

“Even though it kills me that you have to go, I know it’ll be sadder if you never hit the road. So farewell.”
—Rihanna, in “Farewell”

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Best resurgence of boy bands

“You’re insecure. Don’t know what for. You’re turning heads when you walk through the door. Don’t need makeup to cover up, being the way that you are is enough.”
—One Direction, in “What Makes You Beautiful”